Eagles Come Back to Earth and my Thoughts on Case Keenum: Events that Sparked My Interest, Week 13

For the past few weeks, I've been doubtful of the Vikings and Eagles future performances, but haven't found a good place to write about them. But, the Eagles loss and Vikings win proved to be the Events that Sparked My Interest in Week 13.

Eagles Come Back to Earth

It's been my personal belief that the Philadelphia Eagles (among other teams) were going to cool off at some point before the end of the season. Further, I didn't expect their game against the Seattle Seahawks to be much of a fight, and boy was I right.

Eagles QB Carson Wentz might have thrown for 348 yards, but he only tossed one touchdown, the only one for the team.

During Seattle's third offensive possession, the Eagles committed a pair of defensive penalties, moving the ball 24 yards downfield, from the Eagles 35 to the 16, then to the 11-yard line on successive plays. This put the Hawks in prime position to score, which they did.

This was the first time the Eagles allowed a touchdown in the first quarter this season, and put the Seahawks up 10-0.

All told, this wasn't a great game for the Eagles, and while I expect them to make it to the playoffs, I don't expect them to play as well as they did during their 10-game winning streak.

Vikings Win, but How Long can Case Keenunm Keep His Performance Up?

One of the biggest surprises this season has been the play of Minnesota Vikings QB Case Keenum. Keennum, whose thrown for 2,703 yards and 16 touchdowns in 11 games. More surprising then that, he's lead the team to a 10-2 record, which has them as the number one seed in the NFC.

In the past, Keennum hasn't had a good team, let alone a weapon or two around him, so maybe his performance isn’t a fluke. Then again, maybe it is because he has weapons around him.

Regardless of why he’s playing this way, I’m not sure how long he can keep his performance up, especially if the team makes it to the playoffs.

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